Tuscon, Arizona/More Hamm's

Day four. Drinking Hamm's in a hotel again, this time in a motel 6 in Tuscon, Arizona. Plans have changed a bit since the beginning of the trip. We spent the last two days in Borrego Springs, California, camping in Anzo Borrego state park and touring around the area, looking at some really cool geology in split mountain gorge. Our guide was Becky Dorsey, the PI on the project we are working on and a really great stratigraphic geologist. It was really great having her as a guide though the area, she knows a lot about the area having worked there for years. The park was really beautiful, although it is expensive camping there, I highly recommend it.

Our original plan was to cross the border near Yuma, but we needed to ship Mike's passport down from Oregon to get him into Mexico. So we decided to get it sent to Tuscon because it would take too long to get it to Borrego Springs, which is a little remote. So here we are in Tuscon, ready to pick up the passport in the morning and cross the border though Nogales and then head to Bahi Kino and to the Prescott field station. Then, the real fun begins. Life at the field station sounds like it will be pretty cushy, but out in the field is going to be pretty rough. However, this is what being a geologist is all about, so I think the field will be pretty fun. I am just hoping that we don't pop a tire or get M.A.R.V. stuck or run out of gas. We are going to be out in the middle of nowhere so who knows what we would do then. I bet it won't be too bad, no reason to worry now, we will cross that bridge eventually.

For the time being, I am really excited to go back to Mexico! I had a blast last time I was there, and I am sure this time will be even more epic. Well, it will definitely be more epic. Two days versus two months. Epic. I will be listening to a lot of Ennio Morricone.